Dpon-chen

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title: Dpon-chen
text: The dpon-chen or pönchen, literally the "great authority" or "great administrator", was the chief administrator or governor of Tibet based at the Sakya Monastery during the Yuan dynasty. The office was established in the 1260s and functioned as the Tibetan local government serving the Yuan emperors, unlike the Sakya Imperial Preceptors (Dishi) who were active in the Yuan imperial court. The Yuan dynasty set up a government agency and top-level administrative department known as the Bureau of Bud
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description: Governor of Tibet during the Yuan dynasty
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpon-chen
date created: 2015-07-06T00:20:31Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T13:16:22Z
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